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Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance - SSP Payments Made to Deceased Individuals

… a supplemental benefit to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and other qualifying New York State …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/01/09/office-temporary-and-disability-assistance-ssp-payments-made-deceased-individuals

Licensing and Monitoring of Proprietary Schools

… Objectives To determine whether the State Education Department’s (Department) Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (Bureau) is verifying that … monitoring schools and utilizing its database to look for warning flags of future closings. The audit covers the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/01/21/licensing-and-monitoring-proprietary-schools

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2353

… Tuition Reimbursement and Certification and Licensure Exam Fee Reimbursement (CLEFR) through PayServ. Affected … has received the full non-taxable amount. CLE Cert Lic Exam Fee Reimburse This taxable CLEFR reimbursement will be … Tuition Reimbursement and Certification and Licensure Exam Fee Reimbursement CLEFR through PayServ …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2353-new-earn-codes-tuition-reimbursement-and-certification-and-licensure

DiNapoli: Shift in MTA's Paratransit Program Generates Cost Savings

… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Still, some measures of customer satisfaction initially deteriorated as a result … Brokers provide for-hire vehicles, metered taxis, and wheelchair accessible vehicles. From 2018 to 2022, the MTA … or the subway, over 30,000 users could access the MTA’s bus fleet and may benefit from further investment in ADA …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-shift-mtas-paratransit-program-generates-cost-savings

State Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children

… New York City's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) should improve … to protect those children, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Children in … are supposed to be documented as progress notes in CONNECTIONS – a statewide computer system for recording child …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-children

DiNapoli: Problems Caused by Outdated System Left State's Unemployment Insurance Program Vulnerable to Fraud

… but it also administered UI benefits for the temporary programs created by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). These temporary federal benefits, with less … temporary programs which are funded 100% by the federal government, New York’s UI program is funded by taxes …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-problems-caused-outdated-system-left-states-unemployment-insurance-program-vulnerable-fraud

DiNapoli Releases Report on Environmental Funding in New York State

… constrained funding since 2003 while its responsibilities have grown, according to a report released today by New York … up contaminated sites. Since 2003, several new programs have been added to the agency’s list of responsibilities. … Waste Oversight and Assistance Account – combined have been subject to sweeps in excess of half a billion …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-releases-report-environmental-funding-new-york-state

Opinion 90-16

… 18 (General Municipal Law, §800[5]; see also People ex rel Bush v Houghton , 182 NY 301; In re Board of Health of … Lansingburg , 43 App Div 236, 60 NYS 27; but cf . People ex rel. Van Denbergh v Town Board of Town of Colonie , 254 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16

Controls Over Revocable Consents

… whether the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has billed and collected the correct fees for revocable consents; whether DOT is ensuring that all structures meet the standards … required by the Rules of the City of New York; and whether DOT is monitoring to ensure all structures requiring a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/23/controls-over-revocable-consents

Controls Over Selected Expenditures (Follow-Up)

… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the recommendation included in our … We have followed up on the actions taken by officials of the Office of Victim Services to implement the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/02/controls-over-selected-expenditures-follow

DiNapoli: New York State Common Retirement Fund Reaches Agreements With Portfolio Companies on Political Spending

… were withdrawn. “Lack of transparency and accountability on political spending may put companies’ reputations and … encourage more companies to do the same. Public disclosure is always in the best interest of shareholders.” Since the … The Brown-Forman Corporation – Withdrawn with agreement Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. – Proposal received 32 percent …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-new-york-state-common-retirement-fund-reaches-agreements-portfolio-companies-political

DiNapoli: State Paid $14.5 Billion for Medicaid Home Care Services That Lacked Verification

… of dollars have been spent on Medicaid home care services for New Yorkers without the required verification that the … and New York state are getting the services that were paid for. This audit found a disturbing lack of oversight and … the Medicaid program, paid providers more than $31 billion for personal care and home health care services including …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-state-paid-145-billion-medicaid-home-care-services-lacked-verification

DiNapoli Releases Report on SFY 2024-25 Financial Plan

… budget deficit, with a cumulative three-year budget gap of $13.9 billion forecasted by the Division of the Budget (DOB), according to a report by State … budget deficit with a cumulative threeyear budget gap of $139 billion forecasted by the Division of the Budget DOB …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-releases-report-sfy-2024-25-financial-plan

DiNapoli: Contribute to 529 College Savings Account by Dec. 31 for Tax Benefits

… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today issued a reminder to New Yorkers that not only are contributions to New York's 529 College Savings Program accounts tax … fees make it easier to save for continuing higher education. New York's 529 College Savings Program is an …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-contribute-529-college-savings-account-dec-31-tax-benefits

Opinion 90-46

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … refund to a county which amount reflects that portion $500 of each index fee received by the county clerk which should have been retained by the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-46

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